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Rabbi Samuel and Ella Freilich papers

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2013.184.1

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Overview

Description: Consists of wartime and post-war photographs, documents, correspondence, and letters relating to Rabbi Samuel Freilich and his wife, Ella (Wieder) Freilich. The photographs depict Rabbi Freilich and his family in Prague and Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia after the war. Included in the documents and correspondence are identity paperwork; paperwork to establish Rabbi Freilich’s professional credentials; a handwritten notebook of testimony related to Holocaust experiences, written in 1945; emigration paperwork; restitution claims; correspondence with attorneys; and medical papers, which assisted in proving the physical and mental pain that Rabbi Freilich experienced during the Holocaust. Also included are memoirs, papers, and letters written in English and Yiddish by Rabbi Freilich.
Date: inclusive: 1940-2001
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Hadassah Lieberman.

Physical Details

Language: English Yiddish German
Genre/Form: Photographs. Memoirs.
Extent: 2 boxes
System of Arrangement: The collection is organized into three series: Series 1: Family documents, 1944-2001; Series 2: Restitution documentation, 1947-1981; Series 3: Memoirs, 1984-1991.

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use: The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).
Copyright Holder: Hadassah Lieberman

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Refugees. United States--Emigration and immigration. Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America. United Restitution Organization. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Reparations.
Personal Name: Freilich, Samuel, 1902-1991. Freilich, Ella Wieder. Lieberman, Hadassah. Shore, Bernard.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Hadassah Lieberman (daughter of Rabbi Samuel and Ella Freilich) donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. An accretion of additional materials was added to the collection in 2016.

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